Episode 14: Advancing Your Career Through Business Technology with Joe McKendrick, Analyst for Forbes Insights
Guest Spotlight
Joe McKendrick is an author, independent researcher and speaker exploring innovation, information technology trends and markets. He is a contributor to Forbes, as well as CNET's ZDNet "Service Oriented" site. Much of his research work is in conjunction with Forbes Insights and Unisphere Research/ Information Today, Inc., covering topics such as cloud computing, digital transformation, enterprise mobility, and big data analytics. In a previous life, he served as communications and research manager of the Administrative Management Society (AMS), an international professional association dedicated to advancing knowledge within the IT and business management fields. He is a graduate of Temple University.
Questions Joe Addresses in this Episode
Please walk me through your career journey.
What’s the best career advice you’ve ever been given?
As offices slowly open back up, how do you envision office life in this post-covid new era? What are aspects offices that have changed for good?
You recently wrote about remote work evolving into hybrid work. What is the effect on productivity?
For employees who have the option to remain remote or select hybrid options, will that hamper their chances of future promotions compared to employees in the office full-time?
How can employees stand out if they are working remotely?
What advice do you have for employees who are required to return in person, but do not want to because they find they thrive working from home?
What lessons are many executives are taking with them as we progress into the post-Covid economic boom?
Is business travel dead?
In light of the recent rash of data breaches, how can enterprises and individual employees protect themselves?
What are the latest trends you are seeing in artificial intelligence?
How do you think the past year and a half has changed the job search?
What advice do you have for job seekers?
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